Re: X-terminal vs. Linux Box
Doug Ledford (dledford@dialnet.net)
Fri, 01 Aug 1997 13:42:33 -0500
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> I recently started a new job and my boss wanted to get me a HP
> X-terminal so that I could work off the HP server. However when
> I found out that he planned to spend $3,500 on an X-terminal I
> convinced him to get me a linux box instead, arguing that it
> would do everything an X-terminal would and more. I ended up
> with a nice P166 with 64 MB RAM and a Matrox Millenium w/ 4 MB.
> However when I try to run stuff off the HP server my display
> crawls! I did an Xstones benchmark running on the HP server and
> displaying to the HP (Envizex) X-terminals or my Linux box.
> Turns out the X-terminal was more that twice as fast!
>
> I've heard that X-terminal hardware has been optimized for
> displaying X quickly but I had no idea it would make that much
> of a difference. Is this the reason I see such a difference in
> performance or is there something else I'm not considering?
Try the Accel-X server, it runs extremely fast on my hardware, using far
less CPU time than any other X server I've used.
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